St Matthew Quotes:

Man shall not live by bread alone.

- Matthew McConaughey

topic: Bible, Jesus, Food, Jesus Inspirational, St Matthew

You know, people say that today. "I am a saved sinner." That is like saying you are a married bachelor. That is like saying you are an honest thief, or a pure harlot. you can't be a saved sinner. You are either saved or you are a sinner. He came. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins."

- Leonard Ravenhill

topic: Jesus, Names, People, Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Birth

Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

- John the Baptist

topic: Heaven, Kingdoms, Repent, Kingdom Of Heaven, Kingdom Come

The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."

- Oswald Chambers

source: Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.594, Discovery House

topic: Jesus, Keys, Missionary, Jesus God, Soul Winning

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Bible, Heaven, Jesus Christ, Jesus God, St Matthew

Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

- Isaiah

topic: Way, Lord, Christening, St Matthew

In Rome, I loved seeing the Caravaggios. There are churches in Rome that have Caravaggios, and there's one, not far from Piazza Navona, that has the best, I think: St. Matthew with the money.

- Owen Wilson

source: Interview with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2016.

topic: Thinking, Rome, Church, St Matthew

I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church.

- Stephen Collins

topic: Church, Matthew, St Matthew, Pacific, Episcopalians

Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's St Matthew Passion on a ukulele: The instrument is too crude for the work, for the audience and for the performer.

- Ben Bagdikian

topic: Passion, Average, Ukulele, St Matthew

It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat.

- Clement of Alexandria

topic: Animal, Vegetables, Nuts, St Matthew

The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.

- Harry S. Truman

topic: Bible, God, Religious, St Matthew, Exodus